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Zato #10 – Zatoichi's Revenge

If I had time to watch a Zato, it might be this one. My tube time is currently divided between Baby Signing Time, Your Baby Can Sign, The Wiggles, Mickey Mouse (Motherfrakkin’) Clubhouse, Yo Gabba Gabba, and specially selected Sesame … Continue reading

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Zato #10 – Zatoichi’s Revenge

If I had time to watch a Zato, it might be this one. My tube time is currently divided between Baby Signing Time, Your Baby Can Sign, The Wiggles, Mickey Mouse (Motherfrakkin’) Clubhouse, Yo Gabba Gabba, and specially selected Sesame … Continue reading

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Zato #9 – Adventures of Zatoichi

In a sense, I’ve been employing a Zatoichi of my own here. The baby in Nam’s belly is a week bigger than normal, and Nam feels very heavy, so she goes to get massages 2 or 3 times a week … Continue reading

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Zato #8 – Fight, Zatoichi, Fight!

All previous Zatoichi posts

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Zato #7 – Zatoichi's Flashing Sword

All previous Zatoichi posts

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Zatoichi #6

I don’t even have time to watch Zato anymore, but I love these graphics and wanted to continue from where I left off a couple years ago in Japan. All my previous Zatoichi posts.

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Zato #5

Katsu doing the gas face.

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Zatoichi #1

I suddenly realize that in my quest to post all of the Zatoichi jackets, I have been negligent: I left out #1! Bust a move, Katsu!

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Zatoichi #4

Real men wear haramaki (to literally hold their guts in if they get slashed).

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Zato #3

I’ve been delinquent in my Zatoichi viewing. I will finish them all before I leave, however. Katsu Shintaro embodies so much of what is lost in modern Japan. And that is of course what makes these movies so cool.

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Zato #2

I’d review it, but why bother? Opinions on chambara are fairly polarized; when a chambara swordfight flashes by as you flip through channels late at night, either you stop and watch somebody slice through 30 opponents in front of a … Continue reading

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Random Zatoichi Pic

Just something I found on my hard drive. Zatoichi pics make me immensely happy.

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Bust out the cane sword

For those of you coming to our wedding in Thailand, we will be hiring a couple of masseuses to stay at the hotel and treat all of our guests to muscle-kneading nirvana. Why masseuses as opposed to male masseurs? Well, … Continue reading

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